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Jennifer E. McDowell

Jennifer E. McDowell

D-Index & Metrics

Psychology

D-Index
36
Citations
6585
World Ranking
9444
National Ranking
5004

Neuroscience

D-Index
37
Citations
6774
World Ranking
8738
National Ranking
3703

Jennifer E. McDowell publication distribution in Neuroscience in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Neuroscience in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Jennifer E. McDowell sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 140 publications — 38th percentile

38% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Jennifer E. McDowell D-index placement in Neuroscience in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Neuroscience scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Jennifer E. McDowell sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 37 D-Index — 10th percentile

10% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Jennifer E. McDowell is affiliated with the University of Georgia in the United States. Their research spans multiple domains within neuroscience and medicine, with particular emphasis on cognitive neuroscience and psychiatry and mental health. The scientist's work involves subfields such as radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging, experimental and cognitive psychology, and genetics.

Their research addresses several main topics, including:

  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Schizophrenia Research and Treatment
  • Bipolar Disorder and Treatment
  • Mental Health Research Topics
  • Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications
  • Neural Dynamics and Brain Function
  • Tryptophan and Brain Disorders

Jennifer E. McDowell has an extensive list of publications, with frequent contributions to venues such as:

  • Biological Psychiatry (13 publications)
  • Schizophrenia Research (8 publications)
  • Schizophrenia Bulletin (5 publications)
  • Biomarkers in Neuropsychiatry (3 publications)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (3 publications)

Recent papers authored or co-authored by them include:

  • Psychosis Biotypes: Replication and Validation from the B-SNIP Consortium, 2021, Schizophrenia Bulletin
  • Testing Psychosis Phenotypes From Bipolar-Schizophrenia Network for Intermediate Phenotypes for Clinical Application: Biotype Characteristics and Targets, 2020, Biological Psychiatry Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging
  • Biotyping in psychosis: using multiple computational approaches with one data set, 2020, Neuropsychopharmacology
  • Distinguishing patterns of impairment on inhibitory control and general cognitive ability among bipolar with and without psychosis, schizophrenia, and schizoaffective disorder, 2020, Schizophrenia Research
  • Auditory Oddball Responses Across the Schizophrenia-Bipolar Spectrum and Their Relationship to Cognitive and Clinical Features, 2021, American Journal of Psychiatry

Their frequent co-authors, reflecting collaboration within their research network, include:

  • Godfrey D. Pearlson
  • Brett A. Clementz
  • Carol A. Tamminga
  • Elliot S. Gershon
  • Matcheri S. Keshavan

Jennifer E. McDowell's scholarly output is predominantly situated at the intersection of neuroscience and medicine, with particular focus on psychiatric and mental health disorders such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. Their contributions often utilize advanced neuroimaging and computational approaches to enhance understanding of brain function and mental health.

Best Publications

  • Exercise improves executive function and achievement and alters brain activation in overweight children: a randomized, controlled trial.

    Catherine L. Davis;Phillip D. Tomporowski;Jennifer E. McDowell;Benjamin P. Austin

  • Neurophysiology and neuroanatomy of reflexive and volitional saccades: evidence from studies of humans.

    Jennifer E. McDowell;Kara A. Dyckman;Benjamin P. Austin;Brett A. Clementz

  • Prefrontal, parietal, and temporal cortex networks underlie decision-making in the presence of uncertainty.

    Martin P. Paulus;Nikki Hozack;Blanca Zauscher;Jennifer E. McDowell

  • Saccadic system functioning among schizophrenia patients and their first-degree biological relatives.

    Brett A. Clementz;Jennifer E. McDowell;Sidney Zisook

  • Neural correlates of refixation saccades and antisaccades in normal and schizophrenia subjects.

    Jennifer E McDowell;Gregory G Brown;Gregory G Brown;Martin Paulus;Martin Paulus;Antigona Martinez

  • An 8‐month randomized controlled exercise trial alters brain activation during cognitive tasks in overweight children

    Cynthia E. Krafft;Nicolette F. Schwarz;Lingxi Chi;Abby L. Weinberger

  • The effect of fixation condition manipulations on antisaccade performance in schizophrenia: studies of diagnostic specificity

    J. E. McDowell;Brett A. Clementz

  • An 8-month exercise intervention alters frontotemporal white matter integrity in overweight children.

    David J. Schaeffer;Cynthia E. Krafft;Nicolette F. Schwarz;Lingxi Chi

  • Measuring liability for schizophrenia using optimized antisaccade stimulus parameters

    Jennifer E. McDOWELL;Marina Myles-Worsley;Hilary Coon;William Byerley

  • Smooth pursuit in schizophrenia: Abnormalities of open‐ and closed‐loop responses

    Brett A. Clementz;Jennifer E. McDOWELL

  • An effect of context on saccade-related behavior and brain activity.

    Kara A. Dyckman;Jazmin Camchong;Brett A. Clementz;Jennifer E. McDowell

  • Improved Frontoparietal White Matter Integrity in Overweight Children Is Associated with Attendance at an After-School Exercise Program

    Cynthia E. Krafft;David J. Schaeffer;Nicolette F. Schwarz;Lingxi Chi

  • fMRI studies of eye movement control: investigating the interaction of cognitive and sensorimotor brain systems.

    John A. Sweeney;Beatriz Luna;Sarah K. Keedy;Jennifer E. McDowell

  • Neurobiological Measures of Schizotypal Personality Disorder: Defining an Inhibitory Endophenotype?

    Kristin S. Cadenhead;Gregory A. Light;Mark A. Geyer;Jennifer E. McDowell

  • Linkage of a composite inhibitory phenotype to a chromosome 22q locus in eight Utah families.

    Marina Myles-Worsley;Hilary Coon;Jennifer McDowell;Colleen Brenner

  • Psychosis Biotypes: Replication and Validation from the B-SNIP Consortium

    Brett A Clementz;David A Parker;Rebekah L Trotti;Jennifer E McDowell

  • Basal Ganglia-Thalamocortical Circuitry Disruptions in Schizophrenia During Delayed Response Tasks

    Jazmin Camchong;Kara A. Dyckman;Caroline E. Chapman;Nathan E. Yanasak

  • Behavioral and brain imaging studies of saccadic performance in schizophrenia.

    Jennifer E. McDowell;Brett.A Clementz

  • Common neural circuitry supporting volitional saccades and its disruption in schizophrenia patients and relatives

    Jazmin Camchong;Kara A. Dyckman;Benjamin P. Austin;Brett A. Clementz

  • Behavioral plasticity of antisaccade performance following daily practice.

    Kara A. Dyckman;Jennifer E. McDowell

  • Electroencephalography/magnetoencephalography study of cortical activities preceding prosaccades and antisaccades.

    Jennifer E McDowell;Johanna M Kissler;Patrick Berg;Kara A Dyckman

Frequent Co-Authors

Brett A. Clementz
Brett A. Clementz University of Georgia
Godfrey D. Pearlson
Godfrey D. Pearlson Yale University
Carol A. Tamminga
Carol A. Tamminga The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
John A. Sweeney
John A. Sweeney University of Cincinnati
Matcheri S. Keshavan
Matcheri S. Keshavan Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Elliot S. Gershon
Elliot S. Gershon University of Chicago
David L. Braff
David L. Braff University of California, San Diego
James L. Reilly
James L. Reilly Northwestern University
Gregory G. Brown
Gregory G. Brown University of California, San Diego
Martin P. Paulus
Martin P. Paulus Laureate Institute for Brain Research

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